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Waiting to Exhale (1995)

Film · 1995 · 127 min · R · Comedy · Drama · Romance

Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.

Directed by Forest Whitaker

Starring Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines, Dennis Haysbert, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Beach

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In cinemas22 December 1995
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First release anywhere22 December 1995

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